Mathematics in the era of AI: a conversation with Marcus du Sautoy, Eva Gallardo and Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón

Marcus du Sautoy

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-du-sautoy-56680a257/

Marcus du Sautoy is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is author of eight books including his most recent book Thinking Better: the Art of the Shortcut. He has also published a play I is a Strange Loop which was performed at the Barbican in London in which he was also lead actor. He has presented numerous radio and TV series including a four part landmark TV series for the BBC called The Story of Maths. He works extensively with a range of arts organisations bringing science alive for the public from The Royal Opera House to the Glastonbury Festival. He received an OBE for services to science in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2016.

Eva Gallardo

Eva Gallardo, is the second woman to lead the Real Sociedad Matemática Española in 2022. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Sevilla and has conducted research at institutions in the USA and the UK. In 2010, she joined the Universidad Complutense de Madrid as a professor and now holds a chair position there and in the research institute ICMAT. Her main research interests are focused on Complex Analysis and Operator Theory and regarding professional services, she has served as a referee for the Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP) (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia- Gobierno de España), la Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Calidad (ANECA), and for several international research agencies including the Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission, The Fund for Scientific Research FNRS (Brussels-Belgium), Swiss National Science Foundation or the OPUS and PRELUDIUM International Review Panel (Polish Science Academy). She was named President at the Biennial Congress of the Real Sociedad Matemática Española, highlighting her prominence in mathematics.

Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardo-s%C3%A1enz-de-cabez%C3%B3n-410302139/

Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón is widely known for his YouTube channel "Derivando," dedicated to learning mathematics in a fun and approachable way. Eduardo holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics and is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computing at the University of La Rioja since 2001. His research focuses on computer algebra; one of his latest projects used algorithms to enable biomedical image processing and ensure network reliability. Eduardo's work includes numerous articles and collaborations with Spanish and European mathematicians. Moreover, he shares his passion for mathematics through lectures and workshops attended by thousands of people worldwide. In 2013, he won the FameLab scientific monologue contest, has participated in several TED talks, is a founding member of Big Van Científicos Sobre Ruedas, and has written several mathematics books like "Inteligencia matemática" and "El árbol de Emmy".